Synology has a very user-friendly Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. Also, there are many add-on packages to add the functionality of the Synology NAS like sharing files on the cloud, setting up a VPN environment, sharing photos to an online album or even an antivirus to protect the system. Everything can be found & done with few clicks in Package Center. The result will be a multi-function device which performs the tasks of a full-size computer. The Synology platform is so much more than just simple network-attached-storage & keeping the packages updated is critical in ensuring a bug-free & smooth experience. Synology NAS offers automatic download & installation of updates for packages but in some cases, the user wants to install updates manually. To get started with the update process, Let us the package “Hyper Backup” to see what the update entails. Here in the detailed view, we can see there is an additional “Update” button and, more importantly for our purpose, the “What’s new in version” release note section that highlights what the update adds/removes/repairs. In this case, it’s just a simple bug fix. At this point, you can manually approve the update by clicking the green “Update” button, or fall back to the previous menu to review your other updates and to update all the packages at once without the user interference click the “Update All”. One thing you may notice on this detailed view is the small “Auto-update” checkbox beneath the “Update” button. Let’s take a look at the automatic update feature now.
Setting Your Packages to (Selectively) Auto Update
While you can check the “Auto-update” checkbox in the detailed view, as described in the previous section, there’s a much faster way to turn on bulk (& selective) automatic updates. For this purpose, let us follow the steps below To enable selective automatic updating, simply check off all the packages that you do not wish to keep automatically updated. Click “OK” to save your changes after you are done, Your Synology NAS will now automatically update the application packages whenever new updates are rolled out.
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